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Quarrel over WWII massacre rekindles bad blood between Poland and Ukraine

EURACTIV News - Wed, 2024-09-04 04:37
The Volhynia massacre, in which the Ukrainian Insurgent Army ethnically cleansed Poles in what is now eastern Ukraine during the Second World War, has come to haunt Polish-Ukrainian relations.
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As Fitto eyes EU role, ex-minister Giovannini calls for stable transition

EURACTIV News - Wed, 2024-09-04 04:31
As Italy's Economy Minister Raffaele Fitto was put forward as Italy's choice for the commissioner role, former economy minister Enrico Giovanni, who penned much of the country's initial recovery and resilience plan, called for a stable transition.
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Lisbon to appeal fine imposed for sharing data of anti-Putin activists with Russia

EURACTIV News - Wed, 2024-09-04 04:30
Lisbon City Council will appeal a €1 million fine imposed on the municipality for sharing personal data on Russian anti-Putin activists with Moscow, the city council confirmed to Lusa on Tuesday.
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Mongolia rolls out red carpet for Putin despite war crimes accusations

EURACTIV News - Wed, 2024-09-04 04:29
Russian President Vladimir Putin was welcomed by honour guards and red carpets in the Mongolian capital on Tuesday (3 September) on his first visit to an International Criminal Court (ICC) member since it issued a warrant for his arrest last year.
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Russian missiles kill 50 in strike on Poltava military institute

EURACTIV News - Wed, 2024-09-04 04:18
At least 50 people were killed and 271 wounded when Russia hit a military institute in Ukraine's central town of Poltava with two ballistic missiles on Tuesday (3 September), the war's deadliest single attack this year.
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Thuringia state elections: CDU to start coalition talks with the hard-left

EURACTIV News - Wed, 2024-09-04 04:08
Germany's centre-right CDU party has cleared the way for coalition talks with left-wing populist alliance BSW and the centre-left SPD in the state of Thuringia after regional elections narrowed the scope for a centrist formation.
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The EU’s plan to reshape its defence policy

EURACTIV News - Wed, 2024-09-04 04:00
As the EU gears up for a new era in defence, the focus is shifting to how the Commission and Parliament will align their differing interests. The new subcommittee's upgrade signals a stronger push for a unified strategy, but uncertainties persist.
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MEPs gear up for COP29 climate negotiations

EURACTIV News - Wed, 2024-09-04 03:35
Hello, and welcome to the Green Brief, which brings you a roundup of energy and environment news from across Europe. We are freshening up the Green Brief’s format – let us know what you think via digital@euractiv.com. 
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Climate finance: EU mulls how to make China step up

EURACTIV News - Wed, 2024-09-04 03:30
Ahead of the upcoming world climate conference, the EU will continue to insist that China and other large emitting countries pay their fair share of climate finance – but how remains subject to discussion.
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Brussels holds its breath for Draghi’s delayed report

EURACTIV News - Wed, 2024-09-04 02:27
Former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi – “the man who saved the eurozone” – will present his much-anticipated report on the future of European competitiveness to EU diplomats and leaders of the European Parliamentary groups on Tuesday (4 September).
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Green jobs set to find home away from Europe, head of largest industrial union warns

EURACTIV News - Wed, 2024-09-04 02:10
While the EU Green Deal came with the promise of new jobs in green industries offsetting job losses elsewhere, these jobs are currently being created outside Europe, warned Judith Kirton-Darling, General Secretary of trade union IndustriAll Europe.
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EU’s ability to challenge ‘killer acquisitions’ dealt a blow by Europe’s highest court

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-09-03 17:58
Illumina, a global leader in DNA sequencing technologies, has won a battle against the EU over its decision to block the merger between it and Grail, a company specialising in early cancer detection through genetic diagnostics.
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France updates mpox’s vaccination strategy

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-09-03 16:15
France has updated its vaccination recommendations in the face of a rise in mpox cases in Central Africa linked to the clade I and clade Ib variants, despite the low risk of the virus being introduced into the country.
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Spanish socialists should not follow far-right’s discourse on migration, left-wing Sumar says 

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-09-03 15:27
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's Socialist Party (PSOE) should not “fall into the temptation” of echoing the discourse of the far-right as a possible electoral hook, a minister from left-wing coalition partner Sumar on Tuesday (3 September).
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EU Mediterranean countries call on the Commission to speed up water strategy

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-09-03 15:03
At a meeting in Cyprus on Tuesday (3 September), agriculture ministers from nine member states urged the bloc's executive to make rapid progress on policies on water security.
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The Brief – France still has no prime minister, but it does have a huge deficit

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-09-03 14:46
In France, the situation is starting to get embarrassing and potentially quite dangerous, almost two months after the second round of snap legislative elections, on 7 July.
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Antimicrobial resistance fight needs more ambition, new alliances and strategies [Advocacy Lab Content]

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-09-03 14:41
In 2019 alone it’s estimated that AMR was directly responsible for 1.27 million deaths globally. That number could reach 10 million deaths by 2050, mostly in low- and middle-income countries. New alliances, new medicines, and new AMR strategies are needed.
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Antibiotics, an important but tricky business, says Shionogi CEO [Advocacy Lab Content]

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-09-03 14:31
Producing antibiotics remains imperative but production is hindered by an unattractive business model, says Shionogi CEO. Pull incentives are needed to ensure safe, global supplies of vital drugs.
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Strengthening India’s European ties, Indian Ambassador to EU calls for more engagement [Advocacy Lab Content]

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-09-03 14:10
India is seeking more engagement with the European Union just as the EU increases its presence in the Indo-Pacific. But India’s pursuit of harmony sits against a complex background involving China and Russia.
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EU imports of Russian gas outstrip US volumes

EURACTIV News - Tue, 2024-09-03 13:16
Gazprom has once again delivered more gas to Europe than the US in the second quarter of 2024, who stepped in as a pinch hitter when the Kremlin stopped supplies in 2022.
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